Health Care

The City of Worcester is launching a pilot program to test a new crisis response model for emergencies involving mental health and substance abuse components.

As hospitals shutter services in the wake of staffing shortages, community members and health care workers will argue Thursday that the state should become responsible for hospitals that are "essential" but threatening to close.

Following a May announcement that UMass Memorial Health will shutter its maternity ward at the HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus, community advocates continue to push for services to remain in place.

Of the 20 highest-paid state employees in Massachusetts, nine are employed by UMass Chan Medical School, according to data from the state’s Office of the Comptroller compiled by the WBJ Research Department.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has named John Whitlock, Jr. its CEO, after he held the role in interim for six months.

UMass Chan Medical School is launching a new clinical care and research center in collaboration with UMass Memorial Health. The new Lupus Center at UMass Chan will centralize resources at the medical school into research and treatment for the autoimmune disease.

In its latest leadership change, MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has named Stephanie Jackman-Havey as its new CFO.

The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has created two new online resource hubs for the LGBTQ+ community, intended to ease access to behavioral and mental health services and support.

Worcester City Council in its Tuesday meeting voted to pass a resolution urging the nonprofit behavioral health organization Community Healthlink to reopen its three programs which have been paused since late April.

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are leading a $3.75 million clinical trial into factors that may predispose individuals to vitiligo, a disease that causes the loss of skin pigment in patches.